January 2009
62 posts
Priorities
I just awoke from a nap to find my finger still holding my place in the book I was reading. Not only that but I had rolled over during the nap and taken the book with me. I have it on good authority however, that while sleeping in a tent I tend to flail my arms around somewhat. Perhaps my subconscious cares more for my books than it does for my friends?
Lamp post foils escape attempt →
Sad but true. Lucky for you there’s a video link in the story as well. Hooray.
Thing I like
taf:
Finding a good photo on Flickr which no one else has marked as a favourite, and marking it as a favourite.
I like the construction of that sentence
“Familiarity breeds contempt - and children”
– Mark Twain
The old Cello Scrotum hoax →
“A spokesman for the BMJ said that, 34 years on, no-one faced the sack for failing to spot the implausible condition.”
That pun is just too good.
“Perhaps you will understand your feelings better after you’ve slept with...”
– Juan Antonio in Vicky Christina Barcelona with a pick up line even better than James Bond’s stationery one.
I do not believe in time
I thought it was a fine way to begin a conversation. Considering the reaction to that statement, perhaps not.
“Be careful man, holding hands while sitting on a couch can lead to many bad...”
– Overheard while tenting at a christian music festival. Just what those bad things were was not expounded upon.
Mexico to rethink death penalty →
I read the title and it sounded promising. Then I read the article…
Gravity, thou art a heartless bitch
A friend of mine works at the local council. As part of her job she has to write up incident reports when a child falls off a playground and hurts themselves.
I have serious problems with the level of education in my country if the effects of gravity have to be explained in writing every time a child falls afoul of it.
The true effects of recession...
My favourite alcohol shop has put the price of my favourite beer up by a dollar.
Vomiting birds save pair, after 25 days lost at... →
“Ko Ko Oo, 22, and Haung Htaik, 24, were discovered by Australian customs officials floating in the orange-and-white cooler in the Timor Sea, about 60 nautical miles from Thursday Island, northwest of Darwin on the far north central coast of Australia, at the weekend.”
I wish I were called Ko Ko Oo
“Now, I’m cynical about the romantic personality cult around Barack Obama because...”
– MLK, BHO, and Moral Progress—Will Wilkinson [unburyingthelead] (via anthropophagous) (via robot-heart-politics)
Resolutions at random times
I’ve decided to stop drinking. Instead, I will imbibe my alcohol henceforth. Same result, but sounds way classier.
The time of the Moron has passed
“The larger the mob, the harder the test. In small areas, before small electorates, a first-rate man occasionally fights his way through, carrying even the mob with him by force of his personality. But when the field is nationwide, and the fight must be waged chiefly at second and third hand, and the force of personality cannot so readily make itself felt, then all the odds are on the man...
Things I would like to own
Andy Roddick’s serve.
Terms I like:
Foppish
Diabolus in Musica
If I could create my own doorbell ring, it would be playing an augmented 4th interval. If the religious callers to the door know their musical history, they’ll be running for the hills.
Top 20 gaffes by GWB →
I’m going to miss this man. Not his policies, nor his governance, his terrible legislative history, his foreign policy, or his bench fixing, but I will miss his dopey persona. Like a puppy dog. A retarded puppy dog mind, that bites all the neighbour kids and gives them rabies; but one with floppy ears all the same.
Well done Auckland
Last night some friends and I inadvertently stumbled into a bar throwing an Obama inauguration celebration. With a Reggae band. In New Zealand. 3 days early.
Wilde thoughts about Socrates
I almost wish Corruption of Youth was still a crime just so I could be charged with it.
A definite contender for person most in need of a... →
The EU started to smell a rat when bulgaria was... →
I Wish I Was Making This Up
robot-heart-politics:
The Israeli military has reportedly shelled a UN compound in Gaza. Initial reports claim Palestinian gunmen had opened fire on the Israeli military from inside the compound. As a result, the Israeli military reportedly opted to launch a white phosphorous shell at the compound to empty it out. Fuck fuck fuck.
Lovely. Just what the doctor ordered.
Tent, Dent, Sent, Send, Sund, Sun, Sum, Sump,...
The Heineken open is currently occuring in Auckland. This is a tennis tournament. This in and of itself is not news worthy. The guy currently playing is. He’s a freakin giant.
“Anyone who is good at golf is an arsehole”
– Random dude at the golf course
Richard Nixon, you classy gent you.
From Nixon Frost
Nixon: “You should marry that girl”
Frost: “I know, she’s lovely”
Nixon: “Well yes, but more importantly she’s from Monaco and pays no taxes”
Best job in the world. No, really. →
By Flying Car from London to Timbuktu →
I have a new hero. This man.
Intimations of Immorality
How much more fun would this blog be if I removed the first t from immortality?
When you just can't win →
“Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea”
Professors Engage in Large Number Duel →
pterodactyls:
filigree:
“The contest opened in the style of a boxing match, with competitors presented “in the red corner” and “in the blue corner.” Elga went first, writing the number one. “Ha!” announced Rayo, as he countered with a string of ones across the board. Elga retaliated with a clever trick, erasing a line through the base of half of the ones to turn them into factorials.”
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